Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 172 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 47% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6033.87 on Saturday, March 21st, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 20, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 51.13 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.83% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 257,317 acre feet

This is 138.5% of the average of 185,792 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 123,082 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 121,070 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 134,235 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 267.85% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 77.11% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -2.35 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 13.43 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.72 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Mar 21, 2026
6033.87
0.12
997,694
1060
259
86.5
37.9
Fri, Mar 20, 2026
6033.75
0.11
996,493
1208
259
83.3
39.4
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
6033.64
0.07
995,393
807
259
79.2
33.1
Wed, Mar 18, 2026
6033.57
0.08
994,694
1027
259
77.9
35.1
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
6033.49
0.06
993,895
925
259
71.1
32.2
Mon, Mar 16, 2026
6033.43
0.09
993,296
1095
279
58.1
27.0
Sun, Mar 15, 2026
6033.34
0.04
992,399
866
302
46.8
28.0
Sat, Mar 14, 2026
6033.30
0.02
992,000
604
303
70.0
30.9
Fri, Mar 13, 2026
6033.28
0.05
991,801
816
303
67.3
33.4
Thu, Mar 12, 2026
6033.23
0.02
991,302
715
301
64.6
29.3
Wed, Mar 11, 2026
6033.21
0.02
991,103
575
303
62.4
34.9
Tue, Mar 10, 2026
6033.19
0.01
990,904
715
302
68.9
30.9
Mon, Mar 09, 2026
6033.18
0.03
990,805
818
305
67.3
28.6
Sun, Mar 08, 2026
6033.15
0.04
990,506
869
307
63.7
27.7
Averages of List
6033.40
0.05
993,020
864.3
285.7
69.1
32.0

Averages for March 21st

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6048.00
-14.13
1,210,927
1487.74
930.36
63.35
32.92
All-Time
6033.22
0.65
1,098,181
1427.13
933.00
63.35
32.92

Last 10 March 21st's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Mar 21, 2025
6036.22
-2.35
1,021,446
378
426
55.9
29.0
Thu, Mar 21, 2024
6041.41
-7.54
1,075,536
368
352
61.8
42.9
Tue, Mar 21, 2023
6022.13
11.74
885,423
2049
279
45.9
27.5
Mon, Mar 21, 2022
6017.81
16.06
846,787
673
335
60.0
35.0
Sun, Mar 21, 2021
6033.43
0.44
1,043,463
454
408
60.0
40.0
Sat, Mar 21, 2020
6055.86
-21.99
1,296,036
786
444
55.0
36.0
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
6020.97
12.90
920,856
1403
286
64.0
31.0
Wed, Mar 21, 2018
6051.27
-17.40
1,240,549
306
340
64.0
32.0
Tue, Mar 21, 2017
6064.58
-30.71
1,407,172
4702
587
77.0
37.0
Mon, Mar 21, 2016
6066.36
-32.49
1,430,898
1233
429
73.0
30.0
Averages of List
6041.18
-7.31
1,118,748
1504
427
61.4
35.5


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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